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IUPUI chemists develop Distributed Drug Discovery: Finding drugs for neglected diseases

INDIANAPOLIS Researchers from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have developed Distributed Drug Discovery (D3), a new low-cost strategy to accelerate the discovery of drugs to treat neglected diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy, leshmaniasis, dengue fever, and Chagas dis...

International Trachoma Initiative and the Task Force for Child Survival and Development Announce New Merger to Eliminate Blinding Trachoma and Fight Against Other Neglected Tropical Diseases

NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Trachoma Initiative (ITI) and the Task Force for Child Survival and Development announced today that they will join forces to leverage resources and scale up efforts to eliminate blinding trachoma. Trachoma, a Neglected Tropical Dise...

How much is the world spending on neglected disease research and development?

The first comprehensive survey of global spending on neglected disease R&D, published in this week's PLoS Medicine , finds that just over $US 2.5 billion was invested into R&D of new products in 2007, with three diseasesHIV/AIDS, TB, and malariareceiving nearly 80% of the total. However, the s...

Depression after stroke: A neglected problem

This release is available in German . People who have had a stroke and the people who are close to them need more support in order to manage the consequences of stroke. As well as the physical disabilities, the psychological burden is difficult to cope with. It is not only stroke patients...

Global Health Progress Joins WHO and DNDi to Call For Increased Commitments to Fighting Neglected Tropical Diseases

One billion people suffer from preventable, treatable diseases around the world Statement by Dr. Paul Antony, medical director Global Health Progress TOYAKO, Japan, July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The worldwide pharmaceutical industry is joining the World Health Organization (WHO) and t...

National Press Club to Host 'NEWSMAKER' Media Briefing on Global Health and the 'Infections of Poverty' - Neglected Tropical Diseases

WASHINGTON, June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following event release was issued by the National Press Club: Wednesday July 16, 2008 10 a.m. Zenger Room National Press Club Tommy Thompson Former Secretary, US Department Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson, former S...

PAHEF Discusses Neglected Diseases and Disaster Preparedness with Innovative Leaders

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PAHEF is pleased to join Harvard University's Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation as a partner in the bi-annual conference Frontiers of Innovation: 20 Years of Innovation in Government held in Cambridge March 31st th...

Prostate size and other neglected factors influence prostate cancer treatment satisfaction

BOSTON Men with prostate cancer and their partners face difficult decisions regarding treatment, and accurate information regarding expected outcomes can be hard to find, according to results of a multi-center study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. Outcomes after pr...

USAID Fights Neglected Tropical Diseases

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On February 20, 2008, President Bush challenged the world to reduce and eventually control and eliminate the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as a major threat to health and economic growth in the developing world. The new Presidential...

A higher risk of obesity for children neglected by parents

Strategies for decreasing a childs risk for obesity often focus on improving eating habits and maintaining a high level of physical activity. While this is one way to address the issue, another way to reduce the risk of childhood obesity could simply come down to positive parenting, according to a...

Study finds multiple neglected tropical diseases effectively treated with drugs

The neglected tropical diseases are a group of 13 infectious diseases, including elephantiasis, hookworm, African sleeping sickness and trachoma, which affect more than 1 billion people worldwide, most of whom live in extreme poverty. In a study published in the most recent Journal of the American...

Free Access to Literature Data on Chagas' Disease Offered Online: Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. provides Neglected Disease researchers with 'archive mine and collaborate' access to small molecule bioactivity SAR data on parasitic disease

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. (CDD, Inc.) has captured extensive literature data from six years of recent publications focused on the fight against Chagas' disease. Now for the first time these data are available to researchers free of charge, via th...

National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) Partners With Sherwin-Williams to Target Lead Risks in Neglected Housing

NOT IN OUR HOUSE Initiative Will Educate Families And Increase Landlord Accountability WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Council of Negro Women and The Sherwin-Williams Company are pleased to announce "NOT IN OUR HOUSE," an initiative to e...

WHO Urges Higher Priority for Neglected Diseases

New Delhi: The eradication of neglected tropical diseases should be given a higher priority and more funding, says the World Health Organization (WHO).// Many people in Southeast Asia suffer from tropical diseases such as leprosy, lymphatic filaria, leishmaniasis and yaws. Dengue is emerging ...

Young People Not to Be Neglected In AIDS War

In an attempt to curb the spread of AIDS/HIV, which is haunting the world for over two decades now, health officials and Government authorities from over 20 different countries in the Asia Pacific // Region would meet in Pattaya, located in Thailand. Ensuring a universal access to AIDS/HIV treatmen...

Dental health neglected by over 60 % of Indians

Oral health is something that should occupy greater priority in India due to the ever-increasing number people addicted to smoking and chewing practices. There has been a considerable increase in the incidence of Oral cancer among Asian men. // In India and Sri Lanka, where chewing tobacco is...

ICMR along with other International Research organisation with drug development for Neglected Diseases

Malaria, Tuberculosisand leprosy, are the world’s most neglected diseases along with diseases such as kala azar(leishmaniasis),sleeping sickness( human African trypanosomiasis)and Chagas disease, that afflict the deeply impoverished in developing countries and account for 90% of the global disease ...

Samjhauta Victims in Pakistan Feel Neglected

Victims of the train blasts on the Samjhauta link train in India, being treated for burn injuries at a hospital here, feel neglected by the government //and doctors alike. They complain of lack of adequate medical attention, scars not being healed and unsatisfactory results of plastic surgery. ...

Department of Aging Urges Citizens to Report Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults

... the state's Elder Abuse Hotline at 1-800-490-8505, Secretary of Aging John Michael Hall said today. Older individuals who are being abused or neglected are also urged to call the hotline. "Older adults have the right to live a life free from abuse and neglect, which can take many forms," said ...

Counterfeit antimalarial drug discovered in Ghana

...ure and improve the quality of medicines intended to treat life-threatening neglected diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, as well as advance the...I look forward to continuing our work together to address malaria and other neglected diseases in the countryamong the biggest threats to the citizens of Ghana."...

Fraternal Order of Eagles Award $630,000 in Grants at International Convention

... Diabetes Research Center by 2013, the Eagles fund research in areas such as heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and cancer, and raise money for neglected and abused children and the aged, as well as work for social and civic change. The following are this year's Fraternal Order of Eagles grant ...

Kaiser Permanente Wins National Award for Technology-Supported Patient Care and Efficiency

...tronic scheduling system, which allows trained call center staff, as well as physicians, clinicians and employees to personally contact women who have neglected to schedule their mammography appointment and schedule an appointment on the spot. Collaborative c ardiac c are s ervice . Using com...

Los Angeles Cosmetic Dentist Sam Muslin's Breakthrough Procedure: Face Lift Dentistry

...t cosmetic dentistry and cosmetic surgery often don't achieve the desired results due to dental problems: "I've seen it too many times. When there's a neglected dental problem, cosmetic face lifts and cosmetic dentistry can't produce optimal results for the patient. Face Lift Dentistry goes beyond cosmetic den...

Insightful Handbook for Alzheimer's Caregivers

...rget me Knots," discussing topics of driving, sexual issues, funeral home arrangements and lifestyle enhancement. The area of lifestyle enhancement is neglected by other books within the genre because of the assumption that the caregiver is unable to assess the patient's quality of life or improve it. Lueckeno...

Global Fund Increases AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Prevention and Treatment Measures by 30-50% Over One Year

... the Global Fund. "When we first began our work in 2002, few people in developing countries were being treated for AIDS or tuberculosis. Malaria was a neglected disease. Many countries simply did not have the resources to fight these diseases effectively. Now the story is changing dramatically. There is still ...

NRPA Launches "Parks Build Community"

...The purpose of our first Parks Build Community effort is to demonstrate how neglected urban parks can be rehabilitated and improve the lives and health of people...bia and a number of non-profit organizations in transforming the previously neglected park into place where children can play and experience their community like...

IDRI Awarded $314,500 Grant From Murdock Trust to Expand TB Drug Discovery Program

... "This is the second grant we have received from the Murdock Trust and we are very appreciative of their renewed support to IDRI's mission against neglected diseases," commented Dr Steve Reed, Founder and Head of IDRI's Research and Development Program. "This funding is essential so that we can harness the...

Smallpox -- the death of a disease

...nt to the difference the global public health community can make when it truly comes together for a common purpose. Whether one speaks of HIV/AIDS or neglected Tropical Diseases, the solution lies in allies and adversaries working as one to alleviate suffering and save lives. This is the lesson to be drawn fr...

Unique Collaboration Between TB Alliance and Tibotec To Accelerate Tuberculosis Drug Development

...health challenges in resource-poor countries. Ben Plumley, Vice President of Global Access and Partnerships said, "The future of successfully tackling neglected diseases, such as TB, will be through joint development initiatives between companies and product development partnerships, such as the one we are ann...

New Study Documents High Prevalence of Serious Mental Illnesses Among Nation's Jail Populations

...on to our families and communities, wasteful government spending, and the shameful warehousing in jails and prisons of some of the most vulnerable and neglected members of our communities." Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is leading a bipartisan coalition of senators in pressing ...

Results from 8 late-breaking clinical trials presented at Heart Failure 2009

...s, and that there was no difference in tolerability between the two (bisoprolol and carvedilol). Ex-DHF is an interesting study which looked at a neglected type of heart failure, diastolic HF (or HF with preserved ejection fraction). There are no proven treatments for this type of heart failure, and this ...

University of Pennsylvania, Montgomery County Partner on Integrated, Interoperable System Design for Child Welfare

...mmediate access to critical information to improve the safety of abused and neglected children. This design phase is made possible through a $950,000 consulting...ds of social work, law and medicine to promote the well-being of abused and neglected children and those at risk of maltreatment. ...

Big boost for global health called for in IOM report

...lems and solutions that work and are sustainable in their own countries, but because these individuals are often not engaged in policy, they have been neglected by donors as potential partners. The U.S. research community should promote the global exchange of tools and information as a way to help resource-li...

Aspirin Lowers Stroke Risk in Peripheral Artery Disease

...eral arterial disease (PAD); it appears in the May 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association . It's not clear why PAD has been a neglected subject, said study co-author Dr. Mori J. Krantz, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado. "PAD is the unloved stepchild of a...

Pelosi Statement on Obama Announcement of Global Health Initiative

...ife-saving anti-retroviral treatment and care to millions of people while also preventing millions of new HIV infections and eliminating some formerly neglected tropical diseases. Success stories can be found in nearly every part of the world. "Now we must take the next step in the global fight against i...

Genetic risk for anxiety does not have to be destiny

... Philadelphia, PA, April 29, 2009 A growing body of basic animal research and studies of abused and neglected children provide a strong basis of support for the hypothesis that individuals with particular genotypes are at greater risk for depression, anxiety d...

Tracee Ellis Ross, NancyJane Goldston & Vicki Martin to be Honored by Aviva Family and Children's Services at The A Party

...amily and Children's Services, founded in Los Angeles in 1915 as Hamburger Home, is to provide professional help to emotionally distressed, abused and neglected adolescents, children at-risk, and their families to develop skills and strengths necessary to enhance their individual and family functioning. The e...

Weill Cornell and Cornell's Johnson School present first annual business and medicine symposium

...ess Global Public Health Needs Dr. Christopher Earl, President & CEO, BIO Ventures for Global Health Dr. Bennett Shapiro, Chairman, Drugs for neglected Diseases Initiative, North America; and Senior Partner, PureTech Ventures Dr. Suzanne Hill, Secretary, Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Police...

Millions of Youth Around the World Volunteer to Improve Communities

... Glenville , NY , United States - Adolescents, partnering with Things of My Very Own - a nonprofit that provides support to abused or neglected children, will read to younger children and help them develop original stories in this large literacy event. Shangai , China - Youth fr...

New Nonprofit Health Consulting Firm Charts Course With Integrated Mind/Body Approaches

... risk for burnout and vicarious trauma. For example, these organizations may include staff therapists whose daily routine involves treating abused and neglected children or counseling victims of domestic violence. "People in every type of organization face different challenges," Dr. Auciello says. "Yet, i...